Tag: missionaries
Two weeks ago, a 26-year-old Christian man named John Allen Chau was killed when he attempted to make contact with a remote tribe on North Sentinel Island, one of the Andaman Islands of India According to reports, Chau had…
From Bryce Homes Kenya Board Members April 2018 World over, widows and orphans experience new challenges day by day. It is touching to learn that they (widows and orphans) do not have the capacity to deal with these challenges that…
By Roger Oakland Founder of Understand the Times, International and Bryce Homes Program It has been about one week since I have returned from a ten-day trip to the country of Myanmar where I was able to visit with children…
John, Shannan, and their three children have now been in Kenya working with the Bryce Homes for 4 months.1 While the time has had its share of struggles, as they adjust to life in a third-world country (including frequent stomach…
LTRP Note: In the spring of 2011, Lighthouse Trails published Stories From Indian Wigwams and Northern Campfires. The book, written by Egerton Ryerson Young, an itinerate preacher and missionary to the Canadian Native Americans in the late 1800s, is a fascinating…
In early July, a Lighthouse Trails missionary family traveled to Kenya to work along side our Bryce Home pastors and families for 6-9 months. This young family prayed for God’s guidance in making their decision to go be with our…
We hope you enjoy the following new slideshow from the Bryce Homes in Kenya where Understand the Times and Lighthouse Trails readers support 24 Christian families. Roger Oakland, director and founder of UTT, has launched several programs with the Bryce…
Dear Lighthouse Trails: In October, I was in Bosnia and Montenegro (ex-Yugoslavie). I saw that the pastors are not good to speak with. So I wondered. I looked on the Internet, and I found out that in 2011, 2012, and…
By Understand the Times and Lighthouse Trails WATER FILTRATION We are happy to report that all of the twenty-four Bryce Homes in Kenya now have water filtration systems. Understand the Times began to place water filtration units in each Bryce…
LTRP Note: Egerton Ryerson Young was a young Canadian missionary in the late 1800s, who, with his wife and two small children, spent years with the Native people in Canada, living among them, loving them, and sharing the Gospel and the…
By David Dombrowski Editor at Lighthouse Trails Publishing & Research I find it rather interesting how God has orchestrated things in life, which demonstrate His great love and ongoing mercy to ordinary people like myself. But, more specifically, I am…
Editor’s Note: The story below is written in the late 1800s by Canadian missionary Egerton Ryerson Young. We have attempted to preserve the writing style and language of the author. However, some of the terms used would be considered out-dated…